Tuesday, July 15, 2014

"The Lion in Winter" presented by The Autum Players - Aug 22-24

The Lion in Winter, a dramatic comedy by
American playwright James Goldman, is scheduled for three matinee performances by
The Autumn Players of Asheville Community Theatre (ACT):Friday and Saturday, August 22 and 23, 2014
in 35below at ACT; Sunday, August 24, 2014 in the Manheimer Room at UNC
Asheville's Reuter Center. Auditions are scheduled for 10:30 am - 2:30 pm on
August 5, 2014 at ACT and are open to the community. Under the direction of Jim
Reid and in partnership with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC
Asheville, this is the last of five productions of the 2013-14 season of
Readers Theatre Showcase. Curtain is at 2:30 pm. Tickets are $5 cash at the door.

The Lion
in Winter is both wicked and witty. There’s plenty of gamesmanship mixed with driving
ambition when King Henry II and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who has been
imprisoned by the King, gather at the palace with their three sons to determine
who shall inherit the English throne. Though this hyper-dysfunctional family is
from the Dark Ages, audiences will be excused if they wonder whether
not-too-different conversations ever took place at family gatherings of the
Kennedys, Bushes or Clintons.

Director
Jim Reid has performed with The Autumn Players on several occasions. And, last
season, he directed his first Readers Theatre Showcase production, Mary, Mary. His favorite playwright
continues to be the Bard of Avon – Happy 450th! While Jim and his
wife Linda reside across the border in Johnson City, they consider Asheville to
be their second home.

The Autumn Players is ACT's volunteer outreach company consisting of
over 100 seasoned actors, directors, writers and event organizers dedicated to taking
theatre into the community.Since 1992,
the company has provided entertainment, enrichment, and education for thousands
of students, seniors, and in-betweens at venues within an hour or more from
Asheville.

For
more information or for a full schedule of the Readers Theatre Showcase series,
please visit www.ashevilletheatre.org.